St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-28
THREE SERMONS.
Rev. Sam Jones Opens Up the
Day by Preaching at the
Centenary NJ. E. Church.
And Talks to a Small Audience at
the Exposition in the
Afternoon.
Great Crowd Out to Hear ex-Editor
Small Expound the Gospel in
the Evening.
Full Text of the Sermon of Mr.. Jones at
the Afternoon Meeting at the Ex-
position.
Three Verses which Adjust Us Rightly
Before God, Our Neighbors and
Ourselves.
The Beginning and End of All RelfS-
ion TO Fear God and to Love
God.
Three Verses which Adjust Us Rightly
Before God, Our Neighbor and
Ourselves.
The Beginning and End of All Relts-
ion TO Fear God and to Love
God.


to an audience that packed the church.
There was music by Prof. Excel, volun-
tary at the organ, and a solo by Prof.
Lamb, of Boston. Rev. Sans sermon was
very pointed and earnest, but it was not
one of his typical efforts, lacking the
spigrammatic characteristics generally so
prominent At the exposition building in
the afternoon, however, he more than COM
penSated this want of the morning. The
audience was not so large as usual, the re-
suit of the rain. Sam Small preached at
night and the attendance again went up to
the standard. The afternoon sermon was
aS follows:
1t is always on occasions like this that L
wish l could preach. An audience like this,
coming through a storm like this, ought to
be rewarded with good sermon. WISH L
could preach II good serm on. If you will help
me by your prayers l will do the very best L
can. and as faithfully us l can preach the
truth as l see it. We invite your attention
for short while this afternoon to the first,
second and third verses of the 18th chapter
of Romans: Il beseech ye, therefore, breth-
ren. by the mercieS Of God that ye present
your bodies 4 living, holy AID acceptable
sacrifice unto God, which is your reasonable
service? And be lot conform ed to this world;
but be ye transformed by the renewing of
your mind that We may prove what is that
For l say to every man that is among you
not to think of himself more highly than he
oughtato think; but 10
THINK SoBERLY
according as God has dealt TO every man the
measure of faith have read three verses
because they cover the ground so thor
ougbly. The first verse-Now listen. 81 be-
seech ye. therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God that ye present your bodies a living,
holy, and acceptable sacrifice unto God,
which is your reasonable service" Now
this verse, if prayerfully studied and COM
pretended. it will adjust me, it will adjust
you, rightly, wisely and scripturaly towards
God. The second verse. BE not conformed
to this world; but ye be transformed by the
renewing of your mind that ye may prove
what is that good, acceptable will of Cod
That verse will adjust you Scripturally and
wisely towards the world. And then the
third verse will adjust you wisely towards
yourself. Now you see, have to do with
God; | have 10 do with my fellow men; and
/ have to do with myself And a wise. prayer
full consideration and following of the truth
of these three verses will adjust me first,
rightly toward God. Will adjust me secondly,
rightly toward my neighbor. Thirdly, it will
give pe q wise adjustment toward myself
You know there is a great deal in good
understanding before you begin anything
with anybody. You know uiCe-tenths of the
ouarrelS with our fellow men grow out of
this one fact. You didn have good under
standing to begin with. All wise business
men are certain to see that they start in with
Il good understanding, with perfect under
standing, and whenever they have this then
the way is clear that they may be
understood all along the line. Now we
say first, towards our Maker it is the duty of
every man to be rightly adjusted, ard no man
can or will, or ever can or ever will be re-
ligious without wise Judgment of his soul
towards his Maker. The beginning of re-
ligion and the end of religion is to fear God;
is to love God; is to be rightly adjusted to-
wards God and love will adjust me rightly
And in order thai may love God, the first
thing do, the Scripture teaches in this verse
to present my body living. holy and ac-
ceptabe sacrifice unto God: ''Son, give Me
thine heart; daughter, give Me thine hearts"
and the first thing We can do rightly is to give
ourselves to God. We should say: Here,
Lord, L give myself to Thee; it is all that i
can do, and the
OLD INDIANS EXPERIENCE
illustrates it 20 US clearly. You have heard
that, no doubt. An old Indian was under
conviction, and he didn't understand the
Scriptures. He didn't understand the plan
of salvation as you aud /, and when he felt
the Good Spirit of God had condemned him
he had three pieces Of property. one of them
was his blanket, another his gun and another
his dog-and when he felt the Good Spirit was
was angry with him he knelt down and he
said: ''Oh, Good Spirit, if You wont be
angry with poor Indian will give Indians
blanket, though he will have nothing to cover
himself with ut night, but he had rather have
no blanket than have the Good Spirit angry
with him; rather be subjected to the cold.' -
And still the Good Spirit was angry with
him. He said: Good Spirit. take my gun;
1t is the only means of procuring meat;
] kill my game with the gun and supply my
self that way. On, Good Spirit take the gun,
I'll do without that. but be the friend of the
poor Indian Still he saw there was no
peace. Then he said: GOOD Spirit take
anything l have got, take the Indians dog,
the best friend the Indian has. I'd rather do
without him than have the Good Spirit angry
with me- ana he gave the Good Spirit his
dog and still the Good Spirit was angry Then
the Indian said: II have given my blanket
and gun and dog, and there is nothing left to
give but poor Indian. Lord take him too and
do with him just as Thou wilt And there's
the secret of all beginning of a religious life
The Lord may want your money, but He don't
want it if He can't you. The Lord may want
your power and your talent, but He don't
want it unless He can get you, and the first
thing every man ought to do is to give him
self to God. Then God wants your time; then
God wants your talent; then
GOD WANTS YOUR MONEY;
then God wants your influence. But the first
thing always is, Lord. take me and make me
what thou woudst have me be, and this verse
adjusts me rightly towards God Lord, take
me. And no man ever was or ever will be
religious who has not at some point, or does not
at some point of his life, come out alone with
his maker and settle the question at once and
forever. Lord God, here l am: from this
moment until | die. intend to live for thy
glory and live for the good of my fellow man.
The man who does that, he puts himself
where God can LEAD him, direct him, bless
him and save him. And until q man puts
himself into Gods hands he can never enter
into your life. God himself can never order
your path to your own good. 1t is not in the
man to direct his own steps. Every mother
who loves her children should give herself to
God the first thing. There are problems in
your home life that you cannot work out with
out God 10 help you. My brother in you
every day life there are great difficulties and
temptations that you cannot get through
without God to help ou, and the first thing I
ought to do If want the help of God is to
give myself unreservedly to God And then
after give myself to God as father then
can give my children TO God, and then after [
give my children to God then L can give my
nome 70 God and after give my home to
God then / can give my means to God But
God don't want anything until he gets you
first, and when He gets you first then there
isn't anything about you that He can't take
to use for His glory and the good Of your fell
Sow men. l beseech ye, present your BODY a
Siving sacrifice. Now. brother, let us look at
Ehis moment. Living, holy and acceptable
sacrifice. God wants a living sacrifice, not a
dead sacrifice. l dare say that hundreds of
us here this afternoon are going to he very
religious some of these days, hut 1 am sure
you have no.
MINUTES TO LOSE
or throw away. The scripture term believe
ID this. Redeeming, redeeming the time, the